Music making is a lifetime activity, this is known. But the crucial foundation for loving music is built early on. Whether it is equipment, education, or encouragement, there are ample resources to begin this journey or take the next step.
Bringing Music to Life - It’s the Instrument Drive!
It’s March and that means the annual Bringing Music to Life Instrument Drive is in full swing! If you have an instrument that has sat silent for far too long, please consider donating it even if it needs repair. It will receive proper reconditioning and be given to a student in need. Don’t have an instrument but still want to help? Donations to the repair fund are always welcome (and needed!).
#BringingMusicToLife #InstrumentDrive #MusicEducation #SchoolMusic
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Mozart was Touring Europe by this Age! It’s The View from the Road.
We’re well into tryout night season and Drew has a complaint: we wait too long to start kids in music! Typically, we wait until 6th grade, which causes conflicts with sports and other activities. Music is an activity for a lifetime, and that includes the early years as well as the later ones.
#ViewFromTheRoad #BoomerMusic #MusicEducation #LifetimeActivity #FundamentalSkill
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ALSO
Versa Stack by Reverie Drums
Here is the 12" Versa Stack made by Reverie Drums from their Stack Ring line of percussion items. Much more affordable than other manufactures’ stacks. A great addition to your setup and can be used in a lot of different settings. Also comes as a 14".
#reveriedrums #Versastack #Stackring #coolpercussion #clapstack #cymbalstackers
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FINALLY
Excerpted from “When Trumpet was the Only Option to Play in Band” an Essay Rewind as published on The Podcasting Store’s Medium page March 10, 2022.
“…Years ago, I was assisting with the trumpet station at a tryout event. It was the usual controlled chaos of showing kids how to hold the horn, buzz the mouthpiece, etc. A girl approached to take her turn and I immediately saw the obstacle: she was born without a left hand. Doing some quick math I realized that, since it is the one instrument that can be played with only the right hand, trumpet was her path to play in band. The pressure was now on me. Could I help her make a good sound and feel confident enough to join band as a trumpet player?
The challenge for these rapid style tryouts is the discouragement students sometimes feel when they do not show immediate aptitude for an instrument. Their friend can easily make a sound on it and the disappointment in their own struggle feels like an insurmountable barrier. In this moment I explain to them the difference between two things that are often thought of as the same but are very different: talents and skills.
A skill is the learned ability to do a specific activity while a talent is the natural aptitude for performing that activity. Talent is not skill, but rather the ability to learn the skill faster. That is why surviving on talent alone can only get you so far…”
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